Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-08-27

the words curious tremble had come
into the engineers voice. and dark
flush into his bronzed face. "What
young lady was that?'
IL was moment or so before John
Scott answered the question.
II don't know what she was called"
he said, slowly. II never knew. She
was the only one on the train. so we
just called her the young lady. She
was travelling alone. but her folks had
asked the conductor TO look after her.
She was going out TO some relatives OF
hers, her brother, | guess. who was
sick down TO Sacramento That was
how she came TO be there"
"Were the children under her carePn
'.No, ma'am; she was all alone, as
told you; but she took them under her
care from the very first. They had
their fathers and mothers along-three
OF them had, at least, and the other
two had their mother and a nurse girl,
but somehow no one but the young lady
seemed to be able to do anything with
them. The poor little things were half
starved, you see, and there wasn't any
thing to amuse EN- in the dark car,
and one of them. who was siclly, fret
ted all day, and most all night, and the
mother didn't seem to have no faculty
or no backbone about her; but when
ever the young lady came round. that
sick young one and all the rest would
stop crying and seem just as clipper
as If il were Summertime outdoors and
the whole train full of candy.
II don't see how she did it." he went
on. meditatiyely, thowing a shovelful
Of coal in at the furnace door. "Some
women is made that way, / suppose.
As soon as we see how things were go
ing, and how bad they was likely TO be,
that girl kind of set herself TO keep
along. She had mighty gentle way
TO keep along with her, too. You'd
never have guessed that she was so
plucky. Plucky! BY George. never
saw anything like her pluck"
"Was she pretty? ?" asked Miss
Vaughn. urged by truly feminine curl
osity.
"Well. / don't know If you'd "a
called her so or not We don't think
much how she looked after the first
She was a slender-built girl. and her
face looked sort of kind and bright
both 10 me. Her voice was as soft
well. as soft as a voice can be. and it
kind Of sang when she felt happy. She
looked you straight in the eye when
she spoke. / don't believe the worst
man that ever lived could have told
that girl lie il it had been TO save his
life. Her hair was brown. She was
different from girls in general. some
how
Il think We may say that she was
pretty" observed Miss Vaughn. with a
little smile.
II amt so sure OF that There S
plenty OF ladies come over the road
since that suppose folks would say
was better looking than she was. But
never see any face quite like hers.
IL was still, like lake. and you seem
ed 10 feel as II there was depth TO it,
And the further you went down, the
sweeter II got She never did any
rustling when she walked. She wasn't
that kind.
Another pause. which Miss Vaughn
was careful not 10 break.
II don't know what them children
would "a done without her." went On
the engineer, as II talking TO himself
Then. with sudden energy, Il don't
know what any OF us would "a done
without her. The oply trouble was
that she couldn't be everywhere AT
once. There was sick lady in the
drawing.room at the end of one of the
Pullmans She had week lungs, and
was going out TO California for her
health. Well. the cold and the snow
brought on hemorrhage. That was
the second day after We was blockaded.
There wasn't no doctor on board, and
her husband he was mighty scared.
He come through 10 the front car to
find the conductor. looking as pale as
a ghost My wife's a-dying, said he,
Amt there no medical man on the
tramp And when he said no. he just
gave a groan. Then she must die,
he said. Great heavens! why did
bring her on this fatal journey?' +"
Perhaps the young lady'll have
some remedies suggested one of the
portcrs; for we'd all got into the way
already of turning to the young lady
whenever things were wrong.
"Wcll. went for her and you nov
or sec anyone so level headed rs she
seemed TO be. She knew just what 10
do; and she had the right medicine in
her bag; and in less than an hour that
poor lady was quite comfortable, and
her husband the most relieved man
that ever was. Then the young lady
came along where Twas standing-there
wasn't nothing for mo TO do, but l was
waiting, for l didn't know but there
might be- land said she: Mr. Scott am
growing anxious about the fuel. Dc
you think there is plenty TO last Sup
pose VIC were TO DO kept here a week P
Now just think of il ! not one of us
dumb fools had thought Of that You
see We was expecting to bo relieved